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01 Nov 09
EU court: No customs breaks for Israeli goods from settlements | Haaretz (01.11.09)
Israeli goods produced in West Bank settlements are not eligible for customs benefits in the European Union, stated an advocate general of the European Court of Justice last week. Der Spiegel recently reported that a third of Israeli exports to Europe are made in part or in full in the territories.
31 Oct 09
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29 Oct 09
Legal Redress for Corporate Participation in International Human Rights Abuses: A Progress Report (Summer 2009)
In this article, ICJ [Intl. Commission of Jurists] Commissioner, Justice Ian Binnie of the Supreme Court of Canada, describes the progress that has been made, and that which remains to be made, in developing an acceptable legal liability framework for corporate human rights violations. In particular, Justice Binnie cites the ICJ's Expert Panel Report on Corporate Complicity and the SRSG [Special Representative of the UN Secretary General] John Ruggie's framework of "Protect, Respect, and Remedy," as important advances in defining this framework. He urges the greater development and use of both criminal and civil theories of liability for holding corporations accountable for violations. He also calls for victims who have exhausted all local remedies to have access to an international body such as the International Criminal Court.
26 Oct 09
West Bank land belongs to Jews, says Israeli army judge | The Guardian (26.10.09)
"When we [Israelis] say that this is a political conflict, then we lose the battle," he told the Guardian, adding that it should be remembered that the ancient land of Israel is "given to us by the Bible, not by some United Nations".
Trafigura vs. Guardian: Die Freiheit, die Presse zu knebeln | Telepolis (26.10.09)
In Großbritannien versuchte ein Großkonzern, dem Guardian per Gerichtsbeschluss den Mund zu verbieten
The 2nd American Revolution | Gerald Celente (14.08.09)
America is seething.
Russian Professor: Collapse Of America Could Begin Next Month (01.09.09)
Russian Professor Igor Panarin says that events are continuing to confirm his doomsday prediction first made over 10 years ago, that the United States will completely collapse like the Soviet Union before the end of 2010, and warns that the chaos could begin to unfold in as little as two months.
25 Oct 09
Living standards continue steep fall in Eastern Europe | WSWS (24.10.09)
Twenty years after the reintroduction of capitalism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, a World Bank report acknowledges that a third of the population in the region lives in poverty. World Bank demands cuts in social spending, after Wall Street investors and hedge fund managers ruined standard of living for many.
Change rules of war, Israeli PM demands | Sydney Morning Herald (22.10.09)
Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will attempt to change the international laws of war in the wake of accusations that Israel committed war crimes during the January conflict in Gaza.
20 Oct 09
British mining company faces damages claim after allegations of torture in Peru | The Guardian (18.10.09)
When the protesters marched to the mine they found armed police waiting for them. They say the police were being directed by the mine's managers – although its owner, Monterrico Metals, disputes this. After firing teargas at the protesters, the police detained 28 people and bound their hands behind their backs.
The detainees say noxious substances were sprayed in their faces before they were hooded, beaten with sticks and whipped. Two of the protesters were women who say they were sexually assaulted and threatened with rape.
Kimberley Process failing Africa | Reuters (18.10.09)
diamond industry's Kimberley Process is failing due to a lack of accountability and follow-up, paving the way for an illegal trade that could see a return of conflict stones to world markets
17 Oct 09
Minton report: Carter-Ruck give up bid to keep Trafigura study secret | The Guardian (16.10.09)
Lawyers for oil traders Trafigura finally abandoned attempts to keep secret a scientific report about toxic waste dumping in west Africa, that was shown to the Guardian.
FBI raids home over use of Twitter at G20 summit | WSWS (16.10.09)
On October 1, FBI anti-terrorism agents backed by police helicopters raided the Queens, New York, home of Elliot Madison, a self-described anarchist. Madison had been arrested in Pittsburgh a week earlier for using Twitter to pass information between protesters at the G20 summit.
14 Oct 09
Regierungsnahe Juristen planen Teilentmachtung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts | Telepolis (11.08.09)
13 Oct 09
Report: Human Rights in the Mining & Metals Sector. Handling and Resolving Local Level Concerns & Grievances | John Ruggie, UN (12.10.09)
This publication builds upon International Council on Mining and Metals’s overall work to date on ‘business and human rights’...It sets out good practice approaches on a specific...issue in this area: the development of company procedures for handling local level concerns and grievances. The number of documents on this topic has...grown significantly, in part prompted by the importance that John Ruggie has attached to having systematic approaches to dealing with such issues in his “Protect, Respect and Remedy” framework...A short core text is supplemented with a handful of relevant case studies...[T]his guide is released as a ‘Pilot Testing’ version...[Also refers to OceanaGold, Anglo-American, Newmont, ExxonMobil, BHP Billitons, Xstrata].
12 Oct 09
The Berlin Wall Came Down, Others Went Up | IPS (12.10.09)
The walls, he said, are not just a restriction. They are also revealing - revealing the narrow-mindedness and perversion of those who erect them.
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The walls, he said, are not just a restriction. They are also revealing -
revealing the narrow-mindedness and perversion of those who erect them. -
Aminata Traoré, a Malian author, politician, and political activist, spoke of
"GDP walls" erected along the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of countries, that
serve to isolate groups of countries on the basis of their economic
performance and the market value of their goods and services.
The erection of GDP walls has been accompanied to some extent by open
market borders. This has benefited multinational companies, but resulted in
unemployment, illiteracy and poverty. The number of deaths has never been
higher in Africa.
11 Oct 09
Boykott, Desinvestment und Sanktionen | Telepolis (05.10.09)
Die Meldungen über Boykottinitiativen, den Abzug von Investitionen aus oder Sanktionen gegen Israel häufen sich. Im September hat der britische Gewerkschaftsverband TUC auf Antrag der Gewerkschaft der Feuerwehrleute den Boykott aller Produkte aus israelischen Siedlungen beschlossen und die Einstellung der Waffenlieferungen an Israel sowie die Aussetzung des Assoziierungsabkommens der EU mit Israel gefordert. Im selben Monat wurde in Spanien eine in der Westbanksiedlung Ariel gelegene Hochschule von einem akademischen Wettbewerb zur nachhaltigen Stadtentwicklung ausgeschlossen. In Brasilien sprach sich die für Außenpolitik und nationale Verteidigung zuständige parlamentarische Kommission gegen die Ratifizierung des Mercosur-Freihandelsabkommens mit Israel aus. In der Schweiz hat anläßlich des WM-Qualifikationsspiels zwischen Israel und der Schweiz gerade eine Kampagne zum Ausschluß Israels aus der FIFA begonnen.
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